School: Dunlavin (B.)

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   special days for praying at Tournant well that I know of are the Sunday before and after the 29th of June. The people who visit the well usually leave small relics like medals and crosses at the well and bring some of the water away with them but not for household purposes. There is no fish in the well. There is a rock near the well with a hollow in it which is always full of water

   

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2. Famine Times

   

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   An old women in Dunlavin told me that she heard that this district suffered very little from the famine, because long ago many rich people lived around Dunlavin. When the famine came they were very generous to their poorer neighbours. Before the famine there lived

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   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. the great famine (~4,013)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Carey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow

   Informant

   Mrs J. Valentine

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   74

   Address

   Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow